Combination rear vision mirror and sign



Dec. 5, 1939. B. ca. BLONKVIST JGMBINATION REAR VISION MIRROR AND SIGN 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed April 24, 1939 Inventor BRENT Q. BLONKVIST,

A iiorneus 5, 1939. B. G. BLONKVIST COMBINATION REAR VISION MIRROR AND SIGN Filed April 24, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor BRENT G BLONKVIST,

A iiomeys Patented Dec. 5, 1939 Y Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIVIBINATION REARIGYISION MIRROR AND S N Brent G. Blonkvist, Pampa, Tex.

Application April 24, 1939, Serial No. 269,760

4 Claims. (01. 4086) This invention has reference broadly to rear lower guide rods [8 over which the web is trained vision mirrors for vehicles, and more particuas shown in Fig. 4, so as to hold the web in proper larly to a rear vision mirror equipped so as to position. serve and function, in addition to its usual func- For the rollers l and it there are provided.

tion, as a sign holder for holding and displaying easily accessible actuating knobs l9 and 20 reto view signs in the form of safety slogans of the spectively.

type now generally distributed by insurance com- In the present embodiment of the invention the panics to the owners and operators of vehicles, plate 5 of the frame above and below the openi with the intention that such slogan-signs be al- I! has struck out therefrom guide channels '2! Ways displayed to the operator of such vehicle. with which are slidably engaged the bars M of The invention together with its objects and adthe sign holder 12. whereby a quick detachable vantages will be best understood from a study connection is provided between the frame 5 and of the following description taken in connection the sign holder I2. with the accompanying drawings wherein: For mounting the combination rear vision mirbination rear vision mirror and sign holder emprovided a more or less conventional rear vision bodying the features of the present invention. suspension bracket 22 that embodies among other Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof. parts a socket consisting of a fixed section 23 Figure 3 is an end elevational view, and and a removable section 24. Sections 23 and 24 Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a comror and sign holder in the automobile there is Figure 4 is a vertical sectional View taken subof the socketare secured together through the stantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. medium of bolt and nut means 25, and the socket Referring more in detail to the drawings it will formed of said sections 23, 24 is adapted to acbe seen that in the preferred embodiment thereof commodate a ball 26 provided on the end of an the combination rear vision mirror and sign arm 21 that projects from the plate 6 of the holder comprises a frame 5 that is in the form frame 5. of a metallic plate 8 having a marginal rim 1 that Thus it will be seen that the ball and socket accommodates within the confines thereof a. panel connection provides for adjustment of the comof glass 8. bination mirror and sign holder as may be found The rim 1 of the frame is provided with an desirable to the operator of the vehicle. Tm internal groove or channel 9 which receives the From the above it will be appreciated that the 30 rabbeted or reduced ed In of the glass panel device is mounted substantially in the usual manto the end that Said panel is rigidly mounted ner as any rear vision mirror is mounted within within said frame. an automobile, and that when so mounted the The pp Section A Of the glass Panel 8 is same will function admirably as a rear vision treated so as to function as a mirror while the mirror, and in addition thereto, as a medium for lower and smaller section B of said panel is in presenting to the driver of the vehicle a desired the form of clear glass to function as a sight safety slogan. window. The slogans may be .changed from time to Opposite the section B of the panel 8 the plate time; all that is required for effecting such 5 of the frame 5 has a portion thereof removed change being the rotating of the selected one of 40 to p vi therein a relatively Iarge p n I the spools l5, I6 so that the web I? will wind as best shown in Fig. 4. thereon as it pays out from the other spool, an

Further in accordance with the present invenintermediate portion of the web I! passing reartion there is provided a sign holder I2 which is wardly of the sight opening H for the purpose in the form of a pair of opposed plates 13 conof bringing a selected section of the web into 45 nected together by upper and lower bars I4. position opposite the opening so that the indicia The plates l3 accommodate therebetween upthereon may be readily viewed through the secper and lower spools I5 and it upon which is tion B of the panel 8. windable a web ll. It is thought that a clear understanding of the :39 The web I! isdivided off into panels, each panel construction, utility and advantages of an inbearing some form of indicium, such as a safety vention of this character will be had without a slogan or the like to be successively and selectively more detailed description. brought into position opposite the opening H to Having thus described the invention what is be viewed through the sight window B. claimed as new is: For the web I! there are provided upper and 1. In a combination rear vision mirror and sign 55 vision section of said glass, a sign holder mounted I on said body plate and including a pair of upper and lower rollers, an indicia-bearing web windable on said rollers and movable across said opening to be viewed through the clear vision section of said glass, and guide rods positioned above and below said opening and over which said web is trained to be guided thereby in its movement across said opening.

2. In a combination rear vision mirror and sign holder, 2. frame embodying a body plate having a I marginal rim provided with an internal channel, a glass panel mounted withinsaid frame and having its marginal edge fitting within said channel, said glass having a mirror section and a rear vision section, said body plate being provided with an opening opposite the clear vision section of said panel, and also being provided above and below said opening with channel guides, a sign holder embodying a pair of opposed plates and upper and lower bars connecting said plates, said upper and lower bars having slidable engagement with said guide channels for detachably supporting said sign holder on said body plate, upper and lower rollers journaled between said side plates, an indicia-bearingweb having the ends thereof connected with said rollers to be wound thereon, and guide rods for said web mounted between said side plates and over which said web is trained to be guided thereby in its movement from one roller to another and across the opening in said 'body plate.

3. In a combination rear vision mirror and sign holder, a frame embodying a body plate having a marginal rim provided withan internal channel, a glass panel mounted within said frame and having its marginal edge fitting within said channel, said glass having a mirror section and a rear vision section, said body plate being provided with an opening opposite the clear vision section of said panel, and also being provided above and below said opening with channel guides, a sign holder embodying a pair of opposed plates and upper and lower bars connecting said plates, said upper and lower bars having slidable engagement with said guide channels for detachably supporting said sign holder on said body plate, upper and lower rollers journaled between 'said side plates, an indicia-bearing web having the ends thereof connected with said rollers to be wound thereon, and guide rods for said web mounted between said side plates and over which said web is trained to be guided thereby in its movement from one roller to another and across the opening in said body plate, and a suspension bracket for said combination rear vision mirror and sign holder, said bracket embodying a part adapted to be mounted on a support and a second part mounted on the said body plate, the firstnamed part of said bracket being provided with a socket, and the second-named part of said bracket being provided with a ball fitting within said socket and cooperating with the latter to provide a universal connection between the said parts of said bracket.

4. In a combination rear vision mirror and sign holder, a substantially rectangular shaped frame having a flange at its edge portion and an opening in its lower portion, a glass panel mounted in said frame and having its peripheral portion held in the flanged portion of the frame, said panel having an upper mirror section and a lower clear vision section, the latter section being located over the opening in the frame and indicia bearing means at the rear of the frame and extending over the opening therein, whereby said means are visible'through the clear vision section of the panel and the opening in the frame.

BRENT G. BLONKVIST. 

